• @Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    711 days ago

    That would be wasting their market position.
    If vendors can expect say 10% of people to choose a non-windows option it would suffice for microsoft to offer a 20% discount in return for the vendor not offering such an option.

    10% might actually be a bit low, there are a lot of people willing to install windows themselves and use one of the comically easy unlock methods.

    • macniel
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      211 days ago

      Wasting their market position? That’s literally how this works in the first place.

      And you overestimate the percentage of people that are willing to not have a pleasant ootb experience.